Alan Rader

Partner

Alan Rader is a partner in O’Melveny’s Century City office, a member of the Business Trial and Litigation Practice, and a member of The American Lawyer's 2004 "Litigation Department of the Year." As one of Firm’s senior litigators and trial lawyers, Alan has provided counsel and representation to a diverse mix of clients, ranging from major entertainment conglomerates, a major oil company, a major aerospace company, a major book retailer, several major rental-car companies, and major public utilities, to small and middle market businesses, individual movie producers and directors, real estate developers, and all manner of entrepreneurs. Alan’s areas of practice have been correspondingly diverse; though he has concentrated on entertainment and intellectual-property matters, he has also handled major antitrust, environmental, utility rate setting, and mass tort litigations, as well as a wide range of contract and other business disputes.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, Alan worked for over ten years on what some might call the other side of the street, representing our country’s poorest citizens at Legal Services programs in both California and Massachusetts. Alan focused on class-action and impact litigation, and also served as Executive Director of two of the most respected Legal Services organizations, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services, and the Los Angeles-based Western Center on Law and Poverty. Alan has continued his commitment to equal access to justice through the O’Melveny pro bono program, most notably by handling the successful federal court constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 187.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Represented a leading sports and entertainment company in a Los Angeles Superior Court jury trial over screenplay approval rights, defamation and fraud
• Defended a major entertainment conglomerate in extensive litigation and sanctions trial regarding merchandising rights, resulting in order terminating plaintiff’s claims
• Defended a major book retailer at federal court trial against antitrust and unfair business practices claims by the American Booksellers’ Association
• Represented a major aerospace company in toxic tort trial regarding an aircraft manufacturing plant
• Defended a major oil company in federal court litigation arising from an oil spill
• Represented several major rental-car companies in an intervention action to overturn a judgment that would have undone airport siting arrangements
• Represented a major sports celebrity in A.A.A. hearing regarding complicated contract and tort claims arising from several business ventures
• Represented a major record company in several state and federal court actions regarding the copyrights to a song catalog. Also represented other music companies in litigation concerning ownership and enforcement of copyrights, as well as the enforcement of personal service contracts
• Represented a leading media and entertainment company in federal court litigation to halt sale of DVR machines designed to infringe copyrights
• Represented several major motion picture companies in a variety of matters regarding copyrights, contract rights, and business practices
• Represented two major public utilities in separate rate-setting proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission regarding the costs incurred in building two nuclear power plants
• Represented clients regarding such matters as trade secrets in the international arms business; copyright protection/infringement for software, screenplays, and motion pictures; idea misappropriation; trademark disputes concerning cartoon characters, children’s toys, and kitchen appliances; computer patents; bribery in the retail wine industry; licensing rights to international soccer tournaments; check-kiting; accounting and legal malpractice; partnership disputes; and contract and rights disputes involving motion picture producers, directors, writers and performers

Professional Activities

Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; California Supreme Court; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, California State Bar Litigation Section